TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS SUNDAY, JUNE 24, the 175th day of 2018. There are 190 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1968, “Resurrection City,” a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C., was closed by authorities.

In 1497, the first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor. (He was acquitted.)

In 1908, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.

In 1939, the Southeast Asian country Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It went back to being Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.)

In 1947, what’s regarded as the first modern UFO sighting took place as private pilot Kenneth Arnold, an Idaho businessman, reported seeing nine silvery objects flying in a “weaving formation” near Mount Rainier in Washington.

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift. The Republican National Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president.

In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Roth v. United States, ruled 6-3 that obscene materials were not protected by the First Amendment.

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

In 1997, Actor Brian Keith was found dead in his Malibu home, an apparent suicide; he was 75.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Rock singer Arthur Brown and actress Michele Lee are 76. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 74. Rock singer Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) is 73. Musician Mick Fleetwood and actor Peter Weller are 71. Rock musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 69. Singer-musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark) is

59. Actor Iain Glen and rock singer Curt Smith are 57. Actress Sherry Stringfield is

51. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 48. Actress Carla Gallo is 43. Actress-producer Mindy Kaling is 39. Actress Minka Kelly is 38. Actress Vanessa Ray is 37. Actress Kaitlin Cullum and singer Solange Knowles are 32. Actor Max Ehrich is 27. Actress Beanie Feldstein is 25.